IN CONTROL
Jul 27, 2020
4 minutes
BY CAROLINE PETERSON
Vangile Manzini had been through the wringer trying to fall pregnant. After nine traumatic years of negative results, ectopic pregnancies, miscarriages and a stillborn baby, her prayers were answered when, in 2006, she welcomed a healthy baby girl into the world. In 2008 her second daughter was born.
The years of struggling had taken their toll: Vangile now found herself 30kg heavier. ‘I used to be a size 32 or 34, but after everything I went through and then my two pregnancies, the last thing on my mind was losing weight. More than the physical weight, I was also carrying emotional weight.’
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